In message , EricP
writes
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:17:46 +0100, Ian Chard
wrote:

Hi,

I've just moved into a new (to me) house, and I can't get the radiator
in the kitchen to warm up at all. There's no air in it (or any of the
other radiators), and the pipe up to the TRV is hot. All the other
radiators work.

Is there anything that could be wrong apart from the TRV? If it does
need replaced, is it something reasonably simple (I've never done any
plumbing)? The pipes come up from the floor, so presumably I wouldn't
have to drain the whole system to do it.

Thanks for any advice
- Ian

Remove the body of the TRV by turning the ring at the base.
You should see a little pin that the TRV pushes up and down to open
and close the valve.

This should move up and down with reasonable pressure. If it doesn't,
it may be stuck closed and need freeing.

Do this by tapping very gently with somethingto free it.

Rather ...

put something like a spanner on top of the pin and tap the spanner

it's kinder to the pin


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geoff